Find exercises and resources that propel nonprofits forward to tackle leadership challenges, integrate service and social change, and work together to build movement momentum. Feel free to adapt these tools to your needs.
Theory and Definition of Terms: An Outline of What We Think are the 5 Basic Stages of Movement Building
Making Visible the Invisible While issues that movements are built around are not invisible to those living with the effects, this stage is meant for raising general awareness about the […]
Making Social Change: Case Studies of Nonprofit Service Providers
Building Movement Project developed this set of case studies as a response to numerous requests from groups looking for real-life examples of the often-challenging process of incorporating social change models […]
Organizational v. Movement Building Capacity
How do organizations develop strategies and structures to facilitate the process of building momentum towards social change, and when do strategies and structures hurt this momentum? This fact sheet from […]
Measuring Authentic Demand
This excerpt from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Sustaining Neighborhood Change report highlights the importance of data as a tool in the community change process. It also outlines a process […]
IMPACT Arts
IMPACT Arts is a resource center designed to help arts organizations evaluate and report the social or civic outcomes of creative work that aims to make social change. Although the site […]
Evaluation Work for Racial Equity
This toolkit offers a comprehensive set of resources for groups “Who want to know more about how to do evaluation; Who are working on changing their communities; and Who want to […]
Pathways for Individual and Collective Empowerment
This is a detailed diagram illustrating how collective involvement and individual development empower social justice actions within a community. (Developed by Margi Clarke and Emily Goldfarb, consultants to social change […]
Sharing Values
When engaging in a new partnership or strengthening a current collaboration, it is important for all partners to share an understanding about what is important to each of you, and […]
Continuum of Change
This agenda and worksheet can be used to create a “continuum of care” model for your community. This model includes the range of services that would be needed to support […]
Crossing Organizational Boundaries to Build New Partnerships: A Series of 5% Shifts
This report explores partnerships initiated in cities in two different parts of the country that are facing similar social and economic struggles: Detroit and Albuquerque. The economic and political problems […]